New movie gives Egyptian gods the epic-fantasy treatment
We've seen movies based on Norse and Greco-Roman mythology. Now the ancient Egyptians will get their day on the big screen.
View ArticleHercules the latest ancient epic to come out in early 2014
Five movies set in the ancient world are coming out in February or March of next year -- six, if you count the time-traveling dog in Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
View Article42 star Chadwick Boseman to play one of the Gods of Egypt
The actor who played Jackie Robinson will now play one of the most important Egyptian deities.
View ArticleThieves steal the show in Gods of Egypt and Hieroglyph
The big-budget Egyptian-mythology movie Gods of Egypt has started filming in Australia; meanwhile, Fox is getting ready to produce the TV series Hieroglyph.
View ArticleFox’s ancient Egypt show Hieroglyph is history already
Fox cancels its ancient-Egypt series after shooting just one episode. Plus: a poster for the big-screen movie Gods of Egypt.
View ArticleNewsbites: Argonauts! Athena! Gods of Egypt!
Three quick movie-news items with an ancient-mythological element.
View ArticleHere we go again: Gods of Egypt and the “diversity” debate
The ad campaign for Gods of Egypt features a more diverse cast than the ad campaign for Exodus: Gods and Kings, but many critics don't see it that way.
View ArticleWatch: Gods, monsters and a few human beings come to blows in the first Gods...
Plus: why this reminds me of director Alex Proyas's aborted attempt to make Paradise Lost.
View ArticleGods of Egypt director, studio apologize for the film’s cast
Ridley Scott didn't apologize for Exodus: Gods and Kings, but Alex Proyas -- who was born in Egypt -- is apologizing for Gods of Egypt.
View ArticleVideo round-up: New ads for Gods of Egypt and Hail Caesar! New interviews...
Director Cyrus Nowrasteh discusses why everyone in The Young Messiah speaks with a British accent, producer Mark Burnett discusses how he had to digitally fix one of Jesus' miracles in The Bible, and...
View ArticleWatch: Gerard Butler confronts Geoffrey Rush miles above a flat Earth in the...
What does this clip have in common with Proyas's earlier films, and why does it remind me of my interview with Noah director Darren Aronofsky?
View ArticleBox office: Risen drops, Gods of Egypt flops, and Deadpool becomes the...
This is the week that Ben-Hur was going to come out. When it moved to the summer, Gods of Egypt stepped in -- not realizing how much competition it would get from a certain R-rated comic-book movie.
View ArticleBen-Hur earns $900,000 in Thursday-night previews
That's almost what Risen and The Young Messiah made in their Thursday-night preview screenings combined.
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